to sluice

Examples

• All

• The Ardeche sluiced through limestone rocks and eventually carved a canyon, one whose steep walls are latticed with caves.

  Academic text (2011)

• Erin swam, the pleasantly warm waters sluicing by.

  Fiction book (2001)

• When rain fell at night, he liked to bathe in the open, letting the downpour sluice over him.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Torrents of rain sluiced through the gutters.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Rain was falling hard now, sluicing over the cobblestones and making wakes around the tires.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Every few seconds, water sluiced over Sarah's head and shoulders from the pitcher Maggie filled at the basin.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Her half-full cup slipped from her hand, the coffee sluicing off the table onto the Oriental rug she had picked out with such care.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Goldie whined as huge droplets sluiced down over them.

  Fiction book (2001)

• As he drove, the brushes working furiously beneath us and the water sluicing through the gutters, Bass Faircloth began to talk.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The heavy rain sluiced down the mountainside, creating streams that rushed into the valley.

Synonyms

S

to squirt

vsto sluice

67 2.3

To push liquid out quickly in a thin stream

is usually broader and more continuous than thin directed streams

G

to gush

vsto sluice

26 3.2

To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound

is often a steadier stream rather than a brief violent burst

P

to pour out

vsto sluice

22 2.9

Make liquid flow out of a container

focuses on the forceful stream itself rather than the causing action

S

to spout

vsto sluice

9 3.7

To flow out quickly and forcefully in a strong stream

is more about broad streaming than narrow, jetlike ejection

S

to sluice down

vsto sluice

1 7.6

Flow quickly and strongly down a surface like water after heavy rain

is the same idea but may be less tied to steady breadth

S

sluicing

vsto sluice

7.3

Falling in a heavy, steady flow like strong rain

is similar but can be more sudden than continuously heavy flow

G

gushing

vsto sluice

4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

is generally more streamlike and less about brief explosive bursts

P

pouring

vsto sluice

1.3

A liquid that moves quickly in large amounts, like heavy rain

is more about forceful streaming than general heavy quantity

S

to spirt

vsto sluice

• Archaic

9.0

To send out a sudden thin stream of liquid

is broader and less sharply focused in how it pours

S

to spurting

vsto sluice

3.9

To force liquid out quickly in a narrow stream, like blood or water

is more continuous and less narrowly burst-like in flow

S

to squirting

vsto sluice

3.7

To come out in a thin fast stream, like water from a bottle

is typically a longer, more powerful stream rather than short bursts

Antonyms

S

to stop

∞ 1.0

To make something end and not continue

C

to contain

388 3.5

To keep something dangerous from spreading or getting worse

Phrasal Verbs

S

to sluice down

1 7.6

Flow quickly and strongly down a surface like water after heavy rain

Compounds

S

sluice gate

• Specialized

1 6.5

A gate that opens to let water flow and closes to stop it in a river or canal

S

sluice valve

• Specialized

7.2

A gate that controls water flow in a canal

How Forceful

to gush

26 3.2

to sluice

1 7.8

to pour

588 1.0

to flow

333 1.0

to trickle

70 3.4

to seep

82 2.7

to drip

171 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology